Broom holder



Feb. 9, 1937.

J. C NORK BROOM HOLDER Filed May 25, 1936 INVENTOR- JOHN (#45455 NORAATTORNEY Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BROOM HOLDERJohn Charles Nork, Mahanoy City, Pa.

Application May 25, 1936, Serial No. 81,697

1 Claim. (01. 15-168) This invention relates to brooms and aocesstrandsmore compact and together, so that the series therefor. It isparticularly directed toa broom may sweep better, there is provided abroom holder for protecting the strands of the holder or protector l5embodying the invention. broom during use. The holder is preferably madeof a single piece 5 An object of this invention is toprovide a of rubberor other elastic or stretchable material. 5 broom holder of thecharacter described made The shape of the member [5 is substantially ofrubber in the form of a cap or covering for similar to that of the upperportion of the body the shoulders of the broom to prevent the strands l2of the broom, having also at the top a neck from spreading apart,whereby to increase the portion l6 and a pair of parallel opposite wallslife of the broom and hold the strands more I! and I8 interconnected atthe sides by curved 10 compactly together while enhancing the appearwallportions IS. The member I5 is open at the ance of the broom. bottom andis relatively fiat and has shoulder Another object of this inventionisto provide portions IEa on both sides of the neck portion. a simple andneat broom accessory of the char- The neck portion is also open to admitthe acter described which may easily be applied to broom handle ll. Whenremoved from the 15 the broom or removed therefrom, which may be broom,the member I5 is preferably of smaller easily cleaned, which shall berelatively inexpendimension than the portion of the broom which sive tomanufacture, and yet practical and effiit covers, so that said protectormust be stretched cient to a high degree in use. when applied to thebroom. The protector is Other objects of this invention will in part bethus under tension when on the broom and exerts 20 obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out. a resilient pressure against the fibres forholding The invention accordingly consists in the feathem in place.tures of construction, combinations of elements, Being made of one pieceof rubber, the member and arrangement of parts which will be exemplil5may be readily removed from the broom and 5 fied in the constructionhereinafter described, washed or cleaned in any suitable manner, bothand of which the scope of application will be inside and outside. Theprotector may also be indicated in the following claim. made in variousattractive colors, either of rubber In the accompanying drawing, inwhich is or rubberized cloth, or cloth, or other suitable shown one ofthe various possible illustrative, materials.

embodiments of this invention, The resilient pressure of the rubber capor 30 Fig. l is a front elevational View of a broom protector on thebody of the broom and on the provided with a broom cover embodying theinhandle prevents said holder from slipping off the vention, with partsbroken away; broom When the broom is in use the fibres, Fig. 2 is a sideelevational view of the bottom which are flexed by contact with thefloor during portion of the broom shown in Fig. 1; and the sweepingoperation, will press against the 35 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thebroom holder lower edge or skirt of the holder and be resilremoved fromthe broom and with parts broken iently Dressed in the direction ofovement of away. the broom. I have found. that with my improved;

Referring now in detail to the drawing, IE! desconstruction and becauseof the resilient pressure ignates a broom embodying the invention and ofon the fibres, a better and cleaner sweeping job 40 conventionalconstruction having the usual elonmay be accomp d t e e of the broomgated handle or stick portion II and body poris substantially prolonged.tion I2, the latter consisting of straws, fibres or It will thus be seenthat there is provided a strands of any suitable material attached tothe device in which the several objects of this invenbottom of thehandle. The body portion I2 may tion are achieved, and which is welladapted to 45 be of any suitable shape or construction and is meet theconditions of practical use. here shown for the purpose of illustrationonly as As various possible embodiments might be being of invertedU-shape, having rounded shoulmade of the above invention, and as variousders i3 at the top and the fibre ends l4 being changes might be made inthe embodiment above at the bottom. Said body is relatively fiat and setforth, it is to be understood that all matter 50 the side and top edgesare of rounded crossherein set forth or shown in the accompanyingsection. It has been found that when the broom drawing is to beinterpreted as illustrative and has had some use, the fibres or strandsspread not in a limiting sense. apart, become loose and often break.Having thus described my invention, I claim To increase the life of thebroom and hold the as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 55

As a new article of manufacture, a broom protector for the upper half ofthe broom made of a single piece of readily stretchable rubber, saidprotector being normally of a size less than the width of the broom withwhich it is to be used and being characterized by a U-shaped portionadapted to fit over the body of the broom, said portion being open atthe bottom and having opposite parallel walls, said walls beinginterconnected by wall portions of curved cross section, and a neckportion constituting an upper continuation of said parallel walls andwall portions of curved cross section, said neck portion being adaptedto receive the handle of a broom.

JOHN CHARLES NORK.

